Nicola Olyslagers beats rain delays to win high jump gold for Australia

Olyslagers wins Australia’s first gold of Tokyo 2025Matt Denny misses out on a medal in men’s discusNicola Olyslagers overcame two rain delays to deliver Australia’s first gold medal of the world championships on the final evening, being first to clear 2m to win on a countback over Poland’s Maria Zodzik and cement her place at the summit of high jump.On an extraordinary and at times farcical evening in Tokyo, however, the men’s discus was stopped because of incessan